Forecast Reviews - Pros & Cons, Ratings & more

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Forecast is a complete PSA platform for improving operational and financial performance of professional services companies by uniting project management, resource management, finance and billing, time tracking, and business intelligence in one AI-powered software.

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Client Service Manager

I like how Forecast is intuitive, fast and most importantly, fun to use. When completing tasks, you get an avatar popping up telling you great job which is fund.

President

Not usable on mobile devices, and disappointed by the aggressive upselling and hidden cancellation terms.

UX Designer

I like that it is very easy to use and has helped me to organize better my time and have knowledge of where my hours are being allocated.

Partner

Forecast's customer support is one of the best I have ever had to work with. Second would be the ease of use for staff to help plan out projects and timelines.

Developer

Filters on project pages to see only your tasks, or only certain tasks filtered by tags is neat. Nice integrations and full REST API is a nice addition.

Utilities Planner

It was worth taking the time to set up my programme properly so that I get the best from the available functionality.

Project Manager

We use it for project management in our department, and it has allowed us to have a clear view of the project and its progress over time, helping us meet the deadlines for each stage of the project.

Head of Operations

Intuitive, thoughtful layout and architecture that is seamless and easy to use. No need for timely project management investment or to rework agency structure to fit the tool.

Designer

Ease of use and clear overviews. The design is very clean and the UX is topnotch.

Director of Project Management

Lots of work done to improve the cost tracking and financial/budget elements. Great communications and availability of Forecast team.

Senior Project Manager

Customer service is fantastic and the software is great.

Associate Developer

I like the fact that you don't have to save the hours and it automatically updates when the value is entered into the slot.

Producer

It helped me to save time and I could keep track of the many projects the team had and prioritize them. Very suitable as well if there is a variety of projects and you need some organization.

Have yet to experiment with it, but could hold some awesome potential for custom integrations.

I think the feature that is missing the most is being able to see on the scheduler that the resource was already allocated with tasks in the projects.

Web Developer

It doesn't make time tracking or project management feel like such a chore. I'm really happy with Forecast.

The budget pages are a bit confusing and it's a bit tedious to update task and time entries. It's quite expensive for a large team.

SEO Manager

It's hardly the cheapest tool on the market and for what you pay, there are other tools that seem to offer more features.

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Kantata

increased staff efficiency ,  better communication with clients and delivering projects smoother within budgets

Really good software

With Forecast we are easily able to plan our architectural projects and meet deadlines and stay within the allotted budgets. Forecast is consistently updating with new features and addons.

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Overall the product is somewhat immature, not usable on mobile, their sales tactics are overly aggressive, and they make cancellation difficult. 

Product remains immature, should pull back the aggressive sales

Timeline management.
One software for the internal and client-side view which provides a lot of transparency to the project.

Steep Learning Curve

Great Software, Outstanding Customer Support

Easy to use software

New users

Previously, we had relied on a number of products to manage our projects and teams and while we're not there yet, Forecast seems to be the tool that will finally allow us to consolidate most of those other tools into one.

Great, almost all-in-one tool

Very powerful tool but with the drawbacks of the learning curve it is hard to implement 

Very strong tool.

After try almost 50 tools of "project management", "work management" (really, 50 tools, seriously), I chose  "Forecast". It just makes sense. My team love it.  The cost worth it. 

I tryed almost 50 tools before choose "Forecast" to work

I've spent many years trialing and implementing various Project Management and scheduling applications from an Ops perspective, but, frustratingly, I never found one that effectively combined these attributes into a single, easy-to-use package -- until Forecast.

That's impressive enough, but it's the ease of analysis and reporting that really sealed the deal for me. I can't imagine our business without it.

If operational effectiveness and productivity is important to your business, don't hesitate.

I'm generally very happy with Forecast. It receives frequent updates and the UI/UX is constantly getting better. I can't see us using anything else anytime soon.

Simplified project management

Forecast allows to plan our team work load for the next weeks and months

Forecast helped us get organized.

better tracking of hours & progress of projects. we are an agency, so billable hours are very important. hi/lo expeced forecast possibility, makes for better expected time-to-build

Great for planning & executing projects

The team at Forecast have been and continue to be a dream to deal with. They have already shown their willingness to implement some of the ideas and missing functionality we were looking for even though we have not yet taken up the product and are still making decisions. I am confident if we did go ahead with Forecast our voice would be heard and they would work with us to get the platform in place and implemented in a smooth, friendly, and professional manner, which has been my experience to date. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] in particular has been extremely helpful with no question / ask of us being too much trouble. 

Great Experience So Far

So far Forecast has addressed most of my company's requests for new features and functionality and made them part of the system. 

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